First man that fell to Earth at the speed of sound. Now there is another man who is trying, not just repeat this feat, but to surpass it. Michel Fournier, 64, had hoped to take to the sky in a capsule attached to a massive helium balloon, and then step out and free fall 40,000 metres. But windy conditions over Canadian province of Saskatchewan had thwarted a French skydiver's attempt to make history by jumping from the stratosphere.

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